diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 552ae67..f3c9ec0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -49,19 +49,14 @@ services:
     networks:
       - internal
 
-  # ── Email: Mailpit (dev only) ──────────────────────────────
-  mailpit:
-    image: axllent/mailpit:latest
+  # ── Email: Python SMTP debug server (dev only) ────────────
+  # Accepts all mail and prints it to stdout (docker compose logs smtp)
+  smtp:
+    image: python:3-alpine
     restart: unless-stopped
     profiles: ["dev"]
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.rule=Host(`${MAILPIT_DOMAIN}`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.mailpit.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt"
-      - "traefik.http.services.mailpit.loadbalancer.server.port=8025"
+    command: sh -c "pip install aiosmtpd --quiet && python -m aiosmtpd -n -l 0.0.0.0:${SMTP_PORT:-1025}"
     networks:
-      - traefik
       - internal
 
 volumes: